General Information
Full Name: Arnold Koslow
Date of Death: Friday, October 11, 2024
Arnold Koslow, 91, longtime resident of Tenafly, NJ passed away on October 11, 2024.
Devoted father of Julian and Jennifer Koslow, caring father-in-law of Carla Copeland and Patrick Byrne, proud grandfather of Ramona, Benjamin, Ulee, and Oliver, loving brother of Herbert and Michael. Arnold adored cats (Aldi, Gandalf, and Mitounet), apple pie, and cookies. He loved a good pun, but a bad one even more, a delight he passed on to his grandchildren. He traveled the world. He loved swimming, going to the theater, opera, dance, dining with friends, and the beautiful Japanese maple in the front yard of his home in Tenafly. Arnold grew up in Brooklyn, NY, the oldest son of Yetta and Charles Koslow. Having fled anti-semitic violence in Poland, Charles became a butcher instead of a scholar to help support his family. He refused to teach his son the trade because he felt Arnold was meant for more. After graduating from high school in 1950, Arnold attended Columbia College with dreams of becoming a physicist. While at Columbia he won multiple fellowships and graduated with honors and a distinction in Mathematics in 1954. He then received a Ford Fellowship to support graduate training wherever he wanted. He elected to use the fellowship to study the Philosophy of Physical Theory with Richard B. Braithwaite and Early Chinese Mathematics with Joseph Needham at King’s College, Cambridge. Arnold returned to Columbia to study the Philosophy of Science with Ernest Nagel, receiving his Ph.D. in 1965. His greatest mentor at Columbia was fellow philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser, with whom he formed a lifelong philosophical friendship. Arnold spent his professional career as a Professor at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, continuing to teach seminars even after he retired. He maintained a deep connection to Cambridge, spending many summers in its libraries researching, living at Darwin College, and developing a close bond with Hugh Mellor, with whom he shared a love of theater, wine, and philosophy. Arnold worked on philosophical problems up until his death. He taught generations of undergraduate students their first introduction to philosophy and ethics, and mentored his graduate students with dedication and pride. A philosopher of great consequence and distinction, he authored The Changeless Order: The Physics of Space, Time and Motion (1967), A Structuralist Theory of Logic (1992), and Laws and Explanations; Theories and Modal Possibilities (2019), in addition to numerous articles.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF) https://dravetfoundation.org/donate/
Devoted father of Julian and Jennifer Koslow, caring father-in-law of Carla Copeland and Patrick Byrne, proud grandfather of Ramona, Benjamin, Ulee, and Oliver, loving brother of Herbert and Michael. Arnold adored cats (Aldi, Gandalf, and Mitounet), apple pie, and cookies. He loved a good pun, but a bad one even more, a delight he passed on to his grandchildren. He traveled the world. He loved swimming, going to the theater, opera, dance, dining with friends, and the beautiful Japanese maple in the front yard of his home in Tenafly. Arnold grew up in Brooklyn, NY, the oldest son of Yetta and Charles Koslow. Having fled anti-semitic violence in Poland, Charles became a butcher instead of a scholar to help support his family. He refused to teach his son the trade because he felt Arnold was meant for more. After graduating from high school in 1950, Arnold attended Columbia College with dreams of becoming a physicist. While at Columbia he won multiple fellowships and graduated with honors and a distinction in Mathematics in 1954. He then received a Ford Fellowship to support graduate training wherever he wanted. He elected to use the fellowship to study the Philosophy of Physical Theory with Richard B. Braithwaite and Early Chinese Mathematics with Joseph Needham at King’s College, Cambridge. Arnold returned to Columbia to study the Philosophy of Science with Ernest Nagel, receiving his Ph.D. in 1965. His greatest mentor at Columbia was fellow philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser, with whom he formed a lifelong philosophical friendship. Arnold spent his professional career as a Professor at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, continuing to teach seminars even after he retired. He maintained a deep connection to Cambridge, spending many summers in its libraries researching, living at Darwin College, and developing a close bond with Hugh Mellor, with whom he shared a love of theater, wine, and philosophy. Arnold worked on philosophical problems up until his death. He taught generations of undergraduate students their first introduction to philosophy and ethics, and mentored his graduate students with dedication and pride. A philosopher of great consequence and distinction, he authored The Changeless Order: The Physics of Space, Time and Motion (1967), A Structuralist Theory of Logic (1992), and Laws and Explanations; Theories and Modal Possibilities (2019), in addition to numerous articles.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF) https://dravetfoundation.org/donate/
Service Information
Sunday, October 13, 2024
12:30 PM
Service At:
Louis Suburban Chapel
13-01 Broadway, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Burial To Follow At:
Cedar Park Cemetery
735 Forest Ave, Paramus, NJ 07652
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